Democracy of knowledge / Daniel Innerarity
Material type: TextPublication details: India Bloomsbury 2019Description: 207pISBN:- 9789388912549
- 306.42 INN-D
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Books | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | 300 | General Stack (For lending) | 306.42 INN-D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | INR 799.00 | Available | 47996 |
This volume in the Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy series extends democracy to knowledge in two ways. First, it argues that the issues science seeks to clarify are relevant for all citizens. Second, it explains that the fundamental problems faced by any democracy, such as the economic crisis, are not so much problems of political will as cognitive failures that must be resolved through both a greater knowledge of the realities over which we govern and a fine-tuning of the tools of governance. In fact, knowledge and related fields are spheres in which not only economic prosperity
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